Inflammable-liquid lighter



L. E. BOLLE INFLAMHABLE LIQUID LIGHTER Fi led Nov. 26, 1926 I nvvsuroa LEO/V .E. 5044:

4 T TOR/V5 YS p ,1 struction, whilst o i2 Figures in front elevation and in' long'itudinal sec:

Patented 1930 e mrLAMMnnnE-Liourn Li'G'H'rEn A ppncarion meafl ivovem erjesg-ieze;seiner-no. 150,861 and m switze mnafmmn :59, 1926.

article.

Various constructlons of examplein the accompanying] drawings:

Figure 1 is a frontelevatio Figures 2 and 8 are longitudinal sections of the same, showing certain parts intwo different positions; p g V Figure A: is an interior view of the-cover;

tion; and v Figure 7 1s an nner new 0 this second construction;

{the cover of 2 "Figure 8 is a sideelevatiompairtlyinsec} tion ofa third:construction s Figure 9 is aside elevation o struction with parts? broken ofi' Figure 10 is a construction; 1 7

Figures 11 an i cross-section of a sixth construction;

Figure 13 is a, frontfelevation'oi alast'com struction'.

f According V the lighter; seen from their tangular shape; midis-also shapejin vertical longitudinal g lighter is I provi 1 parts I) intended for theig'nition,

of rectangular C shown, and is. also provideda'tits lower end with a filling opening 0 closed by: mmilled screw plug voir "containing cottonwool e and ag wick which is not visible bo'th impregnated With aninflannnable liquid such as benzine.

in the resers pro-;

y the fact that" the rece's's is normally closed by a'deta chable cover 1 0 which prote'ctsthe whole is of octagonallshape.

"off thelighter etccording to the invention are shown by waynof'a first con-fand 6 show a second construction r a fourth con! PGISPBCtlVQ YlBW of enother V d 12am an inneryview and. a

to Fig reszi to 3,4.thb6dfl of if ont, has @a-Lrecs ti n- The (led at itsfupp'er end with. J; which may be concealed ornotfbylmenns of acover'not' d. Thelbodya constitutes aireserz f;

In one of the ldrge' faces of the body? part rovided a recess. f'of octa-gona'l shape herr-I metically close'd at the sidefof thereservoir by mea s It may beclosedytbyje cover hof rectangular shape (see'alsouFigure lfl "connectedwithitslower end to the body 0L:- by means 'oftwo hinges i and;v provided atits upper portion with e-lip 7c engaging with n notch jut the topf of;thesaid'bodyt is constituted by "a watch l thecase ofziwhich :It'is carried by the g fio cover h: and heldon the latter by a pivoted T elastic" crossbar m, theends of which engage: with recesses iii-{the form {oi an arc: of a x ep 'a d. eov ni n H is fixed eccor which the watch ispushed; The pins r have a tight fit in the" recess f and thus ,hold the 1e fer h fin thev closing position U ,-,.T he cover-'cl-oses the recess f watch I end is hel'din place by the friction of the pinsmiinatherecess f. The watch; is completely: inside -the recess,-

no-part o f 7 it, not i even the flwi-nding" button,,. fp'roj eets" I outsidethebodyof the lighten; None of the 1 P rt ofqthe W h pocket of thewearing apperel in lighter is'fcar-riedgi r In order to wind; the Watch 1, the cover: it

w c ee f loi n dsth 0 Po i Shown-i 1 h i d tt n s i F ure 4, thesaid watch i coverh, andinthatway convenient access is gei-nedto Ithe the windinghas, been effected, thewumh l between-the twain i ga fi bia'rj ijs again brought Finto engagement with a is turned upsid so thut it is then above theisu-id orifice 10. lhefiilling; is effected 7 without any 'benzinef xes 'api ifmmt'he f 1 winc' .frointhe Llatter being able to reach 183 Watch cap land opening ,The article which the recess is to circle, providedin two lugs-o-of the" cover M I .h. The dial" 10 0f the watch which ism-mm,

"maybe seenthroughfa circular opening 9 Of z d'itS positionon th'elatter dingly' by tvv'orpinsm against eontuiningltiie nthereforefc'atch n, j

-,winding button;s'. Assoon asii I tlie cover lislclbsed g'ngein. T a i Ifit'is,;desiredto iill the lighteriithe body. efidown sousto bringjth'e i v V pgthefplugdf is unscrewed, i v

T and 'the cover; It openedbyfturning it to; v a

of a hinge o and provided at the other end withltwo projections w engaging with spring claws u on .the'said cover; The cover/t1 s V hinged by means of a hinge z' to the body a;

In normal times, the watch If isheld flat on T the inner face of this cover, but in order to wind it, it is pivotedabout the axis of the; hinge a, after having opened the sald cover, 11101118! to have COIlVGIllGDt access to the WEI (l 1 button 8, as shown in Figure 6 Accord1ng to Figure 8, the Watch 6 is conr c nectedto the body a of the lighter, and not to the cover It, by a hingew enabling it to be withdrawn from therecess f for the'purpos'e of winding, without detaching it fromthe lighter.

iFigure 9 shows a construction in which the cover h smaller than in the preceding constructions, is connected to the central porhaving the filling opening, a watch, and means for mounting the watch on the container and independently of the hinging of the door whereby the casing can be inverted for filling and when so inverted the door can be swung upwardly and thereby move the watch to such a position that any substance spilled during the filling will not come in contact with the watch. v

2. In a device of the character described,'a container provided with recess in one side wall, a watch, a door hinged to the container to close said recess, means for hingedly mounting the watch so that said watch may be swung outwardly with the door or moved independently of the door when the door 1s opened, the watch being held in the recess when the door is closed. v In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

" LEON EUGENE BoLLE,

tion of one of the large faces of the lighter by about 'pins22common to'both, but arranged atthe bottom of the body a;

press is provided. The watch 7, I, this bodybyaihinge w; s

"cAccording'to Figure I 11 and 12, the watch :inean's of a hinge' g which ithas in common j 't isprovided with two projections a engaging with longitudinal slots 2 of the coverh.

stops 3. 4

Their movement in the slots is limited by p In the last construction (Figure 13), the

lighter by a pivot pin15, the axis of which is at right angles to thefface in which the re- The bezel ofthe watch. may itself form the cover and have aporti-onconne'cted to the rest'of the cover bya hingejso that turning down this part, thewinding'button may be reached conveniently 5 Q v r shape, from thoseshown and its connection cover/l is connected to the body a of the is connected to -The watch may offcourse aldifferent i ii to theibody or tothe covermay be efiected in V adifi'erent manner, provided thatiitfis .nor-

It may slide completely in the{recess of" thelighter' and be designed for the purpose i and secured to "the cover which closes this recess, or may itself-"constitutethis cover;

lighter need not necessarily be a watch. -I" claim: A

v Th article contained in therece'ss of the Y In a devi e of teamma e described, 7

1 [a container having a filling opening in its lower end andj arecess in one side wall, a door, v the door being hinged tothe end of the casing 

